Is parenting as easy (or difficult) as you thought?

I'm a trained kindergarten teacher and been the official babysitter of my huge family. I've had ideas and opinions on parenting techniques since I was a teenager. But now after being married (for 11 years) and having kids of my own (10 years and 4 years), I can safely say, it's not the same.Parenting involves TWO people...who might have very different viewpoints based on their experiences, outlook and what they want for their kids. I might still think my opinions are the right ones but if they are very different from that of my partners, I need to step back and find a balance (atleast one of us will have to do so, if not both)....and there things might change. I know people who have commented (esp. from my family since they are more aware of what my viewpoints are). I do not get angry....but I understand that talking and doing are two different things. I now know how not to comment at others but ask the right questions to understand situations better and give practical suggestions. It helped me a lot at the school I worked at. Before I had kids of my own, I didn't understand why certain parents 'didn't do their part' but now I know that it's not as easy as it sounds.

I can say that it is harder than what we all thought. I'm not a parent yet but I can say that being one is harder. From the baby born till it became an adult you will not stop to be come a parent, that's how my mom teach me. You will sacrifice a lot for a child. Kids specially a toddler, this stage of child plays a lot right. I experience that even you shout at them sometimes they just laugh at you.

No amount of training will ever prepare a person for every circumstance in parenting. I often have opinions as well, but I am not perfect. The bottom line is that the parent has to go home with those children at night, and still live their life as well. I will tell you that parenting never gets easy, even when the kids are grown up, but it is always interesting.

Parenting is very much what I expected that it would be. I was raised in a family where there were always babies around. I had two younger siblings and my mother also baby sat other children as well. That said, I think that all people are different and thus their parenting style is very much different as well. I wouldn't trade anything about my parenting style at all, but I do see others that I think have their fair share of shortfalls.

Hi Good topic to consult...Very hard work for a parent to learn the right things in his life.. The way he learn is totally depends on how his parents learn him to do. Thanks

As a dad i can still rember the day he was born. I raised him with strong morals and work ethics and respect for females. The best we can do as parnets is raise them and hope they rember everything that we have taught them. Now 13 years later i see everything i have taught him comming out. The best advice i could give ppl is childer are seeds what you teach them they will rember as they grow up. Atleast that is mytocents

Parenting is not as easy as i thought it would be. It is much more difficult. The teenage years seem to be quite a test for me. i didn't think it would be such a struggle to be a parent.

i think parenting is more difficult than what i think it is. i have worked as a nurse, a teacher, and a sped teacher and i see a link from those to parenting. well, somehow.